ABOUT
My first camera as a child was my thumb and forefinger forming the "okay" symbol- framing the world in a tiny rectangle. When something caught my eye I'd make my "camera" to see how it might look as a picture.
Photographs, while not as prolific as they are today, were treasured in our family. Several times a year, family night centered around sitting on my mother's bed, going through boxes and albums of photos while she told stories of our family's ancestry.
I've been in love with photography for as long as I can remember. I suspect that even as a child I recognized the poignancy of capturing fleeting moments—ones that, in all of existence, had never been before and would never be again.
I grew up in New York City during the gritty, vibrant years of the '60s and '70s. I loved the pulse of the people and culture—the grit and grunge, the el trains and subways, the graffiti, the street life, the alleyways. A view of a neighborhood street with people sitting on stoops quickens my pulse as much as the sight of the Rocky Mountains.
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I'm inspired by music, by the energy of live concerts, by deep emotion and the beauty of imperfection and rawness—deserts, snowstorms, cracks in the sidewalk, broken windows, graffiti, silhouetted trees, waves in the water, bodies in motion, and the quiet pull of the collective unconscious.
All of my art begins with my own photography. I like to stay close to the original image, allowing only as much reaching and stretching as the piece itself requests. I include textures, brushes, and layered techniques to transform each photograph, or composite, into a more expanded expression. Every piece I create carries a part of me: a feeling, a mood, a memory, an awareness—something long tucked away in an inside corner waiting for a crack in the darkness. Sometimes an image arrives fully formed in my mind; other times, a stirring deep in my viscera emerges and my task is to give it shape—through colors, tones, textures and mood—until it speaks for itself.
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​I have organized and led local photography groups, served as the requested event photographer for weekend-long musical festivals and fundraisers, and been granted photography passes—no easy feat these days—for such notable performers as The Steep Canyon Rangers, Allison Russell, Sean Hayes, Rhiannon Giddens, Sam Bush, Big Head Todd and Post Modern Jukebox.
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For over a decade, I was part of a thriving local music community, always camera in hand at shows and festivals, documenting the musicians who gave this town its heartbeat.
Published Works:
Living The Photo Artistic Life International Magazine, Feb. 2022, Issue No. 84, page 61
'Celestial Harpist' garnered recognition.
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Living The Photo Artistic Life International Magazine, May 2022, Issue No. 87, page 95
'Sea to Sky' garnered recognition
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Accomplishments